Huazong backs plan to import China-made vaccine

THE Federation of Chinese Associations Malaysia (Huazong) supports the import of Chinese-made Covid19 vaccine which is now in its final phase of testing, China Press reported.

Its president Tan Sri Goh Tian Chuan said they fully supported plans by the government to bring in the vaccine once it has been approved and has passed halal certification in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus.

Goh, who was paying a courtesy visit to the Clinical Research Malaysia (CRM), said Huazong was coordinating talks between officials from China as well as agencies involved in clinical trials in Malaysia on matters regarding safety and approval.

The report quoted Goh as saying that CRM said it had plans to import the Chinese-made vaccine.

It was earlier reported that the vaccine developed by China was currently undergoing Phase 3 clinical trials in Argentina, according to its developer China National Biotec Group.

However, it has already been used to vaccinate several hundred thousand essential medical workers in China, a move which one Chinese health official claimed to have been supported by the World Health Organisation.

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